Genesis 14:19-15:13

English Standard Version

¹⁹And he blessed him and said,

^(A)“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
^(B)Possessor^[a] of heaven and earth;
²⁰and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”

And Abram gave him ^(C)a tenth of everything. ²¹And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself.” ²²But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ^(D)“I have lifted my hand^[b] to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth, ²³that ^(E)I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ ²⁴I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let ^(F)Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”

God's Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ^(G)“Fear not, Abram, I am ^(H)your shield; your reward shall be very great.” ²But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue^[c] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and ^(I)a member of my household will be my heir.” ⁴And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; ^(J)your very own son^[d] shall be your heir.” ⁵And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and ^(K)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, ^(L)“So shall your offspring be.” ⁶And ^(M)he believed the Lord, and ^(N)he counted it to him as righteousness.

⁷And he said to him, “I am the Lord who ^(O)brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans ^(P)to give you this land to possess.” ⁸But he said, “O Lord God, ^(Q)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” ⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰And he brought him all these, ^(R)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But ^(S)he did not cut the birds in half. ¹¹And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹²As the sun was going down, a ^(T)deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ^(U)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and ^(V)they will be afflicted for ^(W)four hundred years.